Lesson Plan
Greater Than, Less Than: Comparing Three-Digit Numbers
In this lesson, your students will compare numbers to one thousand using place value charts and symbols. Your students will love practicing with numbers!
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Learning Objectives
Students will be able to compare three-digit numbers using the <, > and = symbols.
Introduction
(5 minutes)- Write the numbers 54 and 45 on the board.
- Ask your students to identify the bigger, or greater, number.
- Ask students to explain how they know which number is greater.
- Tell students that today they are going to do something similar by comparing three-digit numbers.
Beginning
- Show students both numbers using base-ten blocks.
- Encourage students to share their answer with a peer who speaks the same home language (L1), if possible.
Intermediate
- Provide sentence frames to support students as they share their ideas, such as: I know ________ is greater than ________ because ________.